2007-09-02 - AME Info | Saudi Arabia | Latest News - Saudi Arabia's Health Minister Dr Hamad Al Manie has said a scholarship programme under which 1,000 Saudi doctors and medical technicians would be sent abroad for further study and training has been approved, reported Arab News. So far this year, the ministry has sent 510 medical staff from across the kingdom, including 66 women, to 15 countries including the US and UK for training.